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Hi me again The Star Rural Lane Wadsley changed it's name to the Wadsley Jack sometime in the 1970s. <_<

I've been giving this a bit of thought, and wonder if Gillott Street was originally part of Western Road. The top end, nearest Crookes Rd would be favourite for this. (thinking aloud)....... If Western Rd was one of the original roads out of the town, why would it end near the Bole Hills, when Tinker Lane or Cocked Hat Lane led out towards Stannington via what is now the top end of Springvale Road? Probably totally wrong (as usual), but at least we have the best team of hysterical detectives, (not a typo) in the business.

The one at Herdings is interesting. It dates back to the 1500's and was demolished not long after following some legal action. There is a reference to it in the book "Chantrey Land" by Harold Armitage written in 1908 and it was considered an ancient bygone then. The book also refers to some similar windmills in Coal Aston.

Petition for Liquidation by Arrangement. W. Dodson Arundell Lane, Sheffield bhk. Liverpool Mercury Wednesday June 9th 1880.

These all look like the upper mill. The picture with the stream is actually the upper dam, now overgrown with just the brook running through. It looks as if it was taken from the little bridge at the junction of Mark Lane and Mayfield Rd. The top left one is the remains of upper mill you can see in the photo of the dam. The top right photo is the same buildings from the other side. The bottom right is the mill from Mark Lane. looking across the fields to the mill. The large building actually fronts onto Mayfield Rd. I don't know when they were taken but as far as I recall it's much the same now. Hopefully I'll be going to the meeting. If you're interested David Crossley will most probably bring some copies of his book to sell!

Bankrupt John G Lane Sheffield bhk. Liverpool Mercury Monday June 23rd 1867.

Bankrupt J. Lane Sheffield bhk & shopkeeper. Reynold's Newspaper, London Sunday May 15th 1864.

Jul 12 1849 James Yates, brewer to mr Paul Ashley, has lately cut a rhubarb plant of the enormous weight of 7st.5lbs. grown in his garden at Harvest Lane Neepsend. The produce of the same root last year weighed 5st.7lbs.. The plant is three years old.-Sheffield Times.

There were two Fulwood mills. One has disappeared completely, the remaining part of the other is now the animal sanctuary of Mayfield Rd. They were actually on the May Brook which joins the Porter near the bridge at the bottom of Quiet Lane. The lower mill was demolished and the dam filled in around the 60's I think. The dam for the upper mill is still there but heavily silted up and overgrown. The upper mill was a corn mill. In David Crossley's book Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers he gives the folllowing re Fulwood Mills: "In 1804 the Rev. Smith sold the freehold (with the Woodhouses still named as occupiers) to Samuel Andrew of Broomhall Mill, who in turn mortgaged it to Martha Hargrave. Andrew himself was named as miller in the 1814-15 directory" And Broomhall Mill: "By 1778 Samuel Andrew was at the mill, appearing in a rental and paying £26 5s per half-year; further rentals of 1797-1810 have him still as tenant at the same outlay. He is also named in the 1794 printed list. Another Fairbank survey of 1818 coincides with Andrew's purchase of the freehold and immediate mortgage of the mill, followed some months later by a deed of appointment of trustees, suggesting Andrew may have been in failing health." There are some good colour plans of both mills in the book, but they're from the Sheffield Archives and I wouldn't like to upset them by posting them here! There's a lot more detail in the book, it would be worth a look.

I know of three, one in the Bellhouse road/Windmill lane area, another on Western Bank and one in Attercliffe. Were there any others and are there pictures of them ? I've seen several pictures of the Attercliffe Mill but the others seem to have gone unrecorded. Of the Attercliffe mill G.R. Vine had this to say... About thirty years ago an old friend of mine whose ancestors had lived in Grimesthorpe and Brightside for generations told me that before the Abyssinia footbridge was built there was a pedestrian ferry service across the Don by Attercliffe Mill. It would certainly have been a long trek to Attercliffe village from Grimesthorpe via the Brightside or Washford bridge.

Joins Mowbray Street, Neepsend Lane cuts across it.

For anyone who has'nt come across him before, Ron Sandersons site has some brilliant black and white photos of old Sheffield. Here: http://www.ronsandersoncollection.com/photo-galleries.asp Borrowed from his site, Dixon Lane, no sign of Big Ada though. Some nice ones of the "Rag 'n Tag on there too.

<br /><br /><br /> Hi Gramps Yes the Hall Carr on Carwood lane did become a popular pub round about the 60ties l believe but not so much in the days of my early years of living round that area in the 30/40 ties The house you named St Andrews vicarage, was in my time ocoupied by seve ral families l remember it was something of a religious connection very run down but l never knew it's name, although iv'e been in it, the next building as you say was a parish hall, but l forgot for a minuite, in between S A V And Carwood rd new a small private houses estate named Rothay rd estate was just being built , the next came the Hall and behind it the house you could not see much of its entrance being round the corner on Sedan st. housed the Rev Vicar of All Saints Church Mr Heppenstall Cheers Gramps .Skeets.

The bus was still in service in Sheffield after I was born (April 1960) family legend says that during a visit to an aunt at Loxley we were waiting for a bus at campo lane to go to loxley when I spat my dummy out Mother asked the lady in the canteen bus if she would wash if for me . Unfortunatley I cant remember and my big brother cant remember which canteen bus it was - whats the point of having an elder brother when they dont remember the important stuff

The trainer on harmer lane is taken before the closure of the trams in oct 1960 Unfortunatley I cant find my bible - SHEFFIELD TRANSPORT - By C Hall - its somewhere in the little bedroom Note how the Oxfam bus as a "arm" indicator

Hi Skeets, - If I remember correctly there was a pub a little way down Carwood road or Carwood lane called the Hall Carr ? I only visited it once, probably thirty years ago - nice little old fashioned 2-room pub. The big house up on the corner I think was St. Andrews vicarage and there was also a parish hall. I remember too along Grimesthorpe road what seemed to be a wall with small circular windows in it - this I found out later was called Woodhill House which faced down the hill with very little of it to be seen from the road.

Here is another one of Dixon Lane if anyone is interested. Look how busy it is!!

(Old)? Bowling Green Hotel 2 Upwell Lane, S9 October 2008 A new lease of life as ???

Hi My great grandfather had the Blue Pig 22 Workhouse Lane in 1884, he may have been there in 1883 also. Mr Henry Cornthwaite.

By 1767 Glanvill was gone to take on the Cross Keys, Lad Lane, London; juding by this he was succeeded briefly by Edward Holland. Attachment from Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser Tuesday April 7th 1767

Whilst searching for a photo I came across this one, not sure where I got it from so apologies if its been posted before. Pre British Home Store Days and before "Cann, Cann, The Music Man moved to its new shop on Chapel Walk. Much of the lower half of Dixon Lane remains exactly the same including Kings pork shop (wonderful pork sandwiches).

Hi there Could anyone tell me which pub would have been at 45 Parkhill Lane in 1881? Thanks

I've got to admit that I joined SheffieldHistory in 2007 just to look at the pictures in this thread as the events of February 1962 still have strong memories for me. Unfortunately it then took me over a year until I started posting stuff on the site and not in this thread so I too am very glad it has come "back to the top". In 1962, aged 7, I was living in prefabricated housing on the Arbourthorne estate at the bottom of Algar Place, a cul-de-sac which terminated in a small roundabout. This was the lowest point of the street, it was an uphill walk to Algar Road and then on to Easterm Avenue. as a result the prefabs at the top of the street were completely destroyed and as you came down the hill the damage got less by the house and ours (ironically number 13) was the first one to get away with no damage at all. I could write a book on the events of that gale and the "aftermath" which lasted until the prefabs were finally demolished and we moved out in 1965-6. Without giving full details (yet!) the main events in my memory are Being woken up in the early hours by my mum, while dad tried desperately to brace the house against the wind by moving furniture Looking out into the blackness from the living room window, wondering what all the noise was about outside As day dawned, wondering where half the houses had gone, and why the street was littered with furniture belongings and bits of house Being told I wouldn't be going to school (Arbourthorne North Infants) Police moving down the street to evacuate people BBC and ITV news teams turning up to film (there is a picture of this in the book "Sheffield in the Sixties"), camera on Northern Avenue looking down towards Algar Place Being evacuated to my auties at the top of Northern Avenue near Hurlfield school which was also being used for evacuees Watching "Scene at 6:30 (local news programme) with Mike Scott and Bill Grundy talking to people on our street Spending the night with my auntie Returning the next day to a desolate scene around our house Following this I have strong memories of Playing in the remains of old, wrecked houses (summer 1962) Building "dens" and fitting them out with abandoned furniture Scavenging for stuff for the rag and bone man (old cystern ballcocks, made of copper were a favourite) Having workmen fit girders and cables to our house, and others which had survived to stabilise them against a further storm Having workmen systematically demolish the damaged properties we were now playing in. This involved dismantling them, piling them up in what used to be the back garden and burning them. Being made of asbestos sheets with dried straw insulation, wooden timber and pitch tar flat roofs they burnt well, the asbestos turned to dust while us kids were playing near it, no one knew or bothered about asbestosis then so God knows what long term effect this will have had on my health! Bulldozers moving in to remove the brick foundations (winter 1962 / 3) and removing every last trace that these buildings had even existed An extremely cold winter, one of the worst of the 20th century Living on an estate with half the houses missing (1963 /4) Introduction of clean air act to the area, meaning the coal man had to sell us coke, so the next winter felt just as cold People moving out of the area and houses being left abandoned again (1965) Moving out of the prefabs on a very run down estate ourselves (November1965) playing in the abandoned houses and making "dens" again, this time the houses wern't actually damaged so it was more fun, but scavenging was more prevelant so police patrols in the area increased. The demolition of the remaining prefabs (1966) The building of the new houses (Vic Hallams) and the building of the entire Norfolk Park estate. So to me this one single event had repercussions which lasted about 5 years and had a very strong influence on my young life

Although the occupation in 1901 is partly obscured by a later mark I am fairly certain that he is a "horse keeper & cab driver" rather than a coal driver. (ref Piece: 4335; Folio: 50; Page: 18). There is a later gloss of 'groom' above the entry. The fact that Eliza is listed as ELLIS on John Arthur's entry in the CWGC database (compiled from the end of the war) suggests that Henry had died and she had re-married. This looks like the death entry for Henry: GRO Deaths MAR Qtr 1908 HASTINGS Henry 33 Sheffield 9c 345 I can't find a HASTINGS-ELLIS marriage that fits. There is this entry: GRO Marriages MAR Qtr 1909 HASTINGS Eliza Wortley 9c 344 TAYLOR George William Wortley 9c 344 (note: Wadsley straddles the boundary between the Registration Districts of Ecclesall Bierlow/Sheffield and Wortley) There are normally 2 marriages per page so either two names are missing or this Eliza married George Taylor. Perhaps she married an ELLIS later (or it's a different Eliza). An Eliza TAYLOR married an ELLIS in Sheffield in DEC Qtr 1921 but the groom is missing from FreeBMD. I think this is probably the first marriage: GRO Marriages MAR Qtr 1892 COTTERILL Eliza Wortley 9c 322 HASTINGS Henry Wortley 9c 322 LITCHFIELD William Henry Wortley 9c 322 RICHARDS Margaret Wortley 9c 322 * Hugh

Hello..... I am not sure if anyone can help but I am trying to trace back my family tree and my family originate at least 3 generations back to sheffield. My great great grandad was called Henry Hastings and he married Eliza (possibly Ellis). He lived at 8 Tanfield Road in Wadsley and was a coal driver. They had 5 children that I know of who were Henry jnr, John Arthur (he was an able sea man in WW1 and died in Turkey age 18), Gladys and then Edith who then married into the Allcock Family. I was wondering if you knew of any info??? Many thanks for your help Peterjon Hastings